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At that time, Karna told Duryodhana :

"What shall I give you to equal this gift

of a kingdom?"
 
ADI PARVA
 

 
अत्यन्तं सख्यमिच्छामीत्याह तं स सुयोधनः ।

हर्षाच्चोभौ समाश्लिष्य परां मुदमवापतुः ॥
 

"Friendship unto the very end, I would

have," said Duryodhana to him. Clasping

each other in glee, the two went
 

into raptures.
 

 
ततस्त्रस्तोत्तरपटस्सप्रस्वेदस्सवेपथुः ।

विवेशाधिरथो रङ्गं यष्टिप्राणो हुह्वयन्निव ॥
 

Then, with the upper garment slipped,

with profuse perspiration and tremor,

Adhiratha (Karna's foster-father) entered

the arena, supporting himself on a staff

and as if calling (his son ).
 

 
तमालोक्य धनुस्त्यक्त्वा पितृगौरवयन्त्रितः ।

कर्णोऽभिषेकार्द्रशिराश्शिरसा समवन्दत ॥
 

On seeing him, Karna, bound by his

respect for his father, threw the bow and,

with his head wet with the coronation-water,

bowed.